Searching For My Roots
A Documentation of my Family Lines
Hopkins - Hall - Jones - Kissack

[note: much of my information has not yet been verified by me but rather passed on to me from other family members. If you see information that interests you, look for the sources field on their family group sheets to see whether I have actual documentation of them, have spotted them in a particular census, or am relying on word of mouth (in which case the individual who gave me the information will be listed and you can return to this page and scroll down to find contact information for them in the sources section below.]

My pedigree chart begins here.

SURNAME LIST:
(names are linked to related family groups)

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P- Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

ADAMS - AIKEN - ALLEN - ANDEL - AUXIER - BARNEY - BATES - BAUMANN - BAYER - BENNETT - BENTLEY - BEYER - BEYERS - BICKLEY - BOLEN - BRAGDON - BUCKLEY - BURKE - BUTLER - CAIN - CARPENTER - CARTER - CHAMBERS - CHILDERS - CLICK - COMBS - CONLEY - CONNELLY - COOK - COX - CRABTREE - CROW - DAVIDSON - DAVIS - DRAKE - EDGEFIELD - EVANS - FOUTS - GRAEFF - GRAHAM - HALL - HARMAN - HAYNE - HIGGINS - HOEHN - HOHN - HONAKER - HOPKINS - HUSTON - ISAACS - JOHNSON - JONES - KING - KISER - KISSACK - LAUERS - LITTLE - LUCIUS - LYNN - MARTIN - MAY - MEY - MORGAN - MULLINS - NEWSOME - OUGHTON - PATTON - PHILLIPS - PIGMAN - POLLY - PORTWOOD - POWELL - POWERS - PRATER - RATLIFF - RICHMOND - ROGERS - SARGENT - SEWALL - SEXTON - TERRILL - THOMPSON - THORNSBERRY - THORNTON - TRIPLETT - VANCE - VANHARLINGEN - WACHUB - WALTHROP - WEAVER - YOUNG

Veterans in my Family - a page honoring those members of my family who served in the military during various wars. (Currently only American wars and pre-American wars on American soil are listed, but if I discover other veterans in the familiy, I will honor them as well.)

If you're seeking to put your American family history into a historical context, you'll want to look at these wonderful collections of links and documents:
Discovery, Exploration, Colonies, & Revolution
19th Century America
20th & 21st Century America

If you want to verify the status of veterans in your family tree, some good places to look include:
The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
Amercan Battle Monuments Commission

Other family stories appear at:
Our Wright Family Matters - stories of Dave and Talton Hall
Blue Ridge Institute and Museum has a section about Old Talt Hall with newspaper clippings and more photos and the lyrics to a song written about him.
The Hangings at Gladeville - includes a story of the hanging of Talt Hall

My gratitude goes out to the following:
My ancestors, for giving me roots.
My parents, for giving me life.
Elaine Johnson, for giving away free genealogy HTML code.
All my wonderful cousins who have worked so hard to document our family history.
The fantastic and beautiful ladies of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution for their support and encouragement.
The Church of the Latter Day Saints for their untiring work to preserve and share the family histories of all people.
Rootsweb, Cyndi's List and Ancestry for the online documentation that simplifies and streamlines so much of my research.
My Creator, for the glory He has built, including the sacred beauty that is the family.

Sources are noted on family group sheets as well as any evidence in my possession. Some origins of the individual sources include:

sources marked as:
Marv Hall come from his web site located at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/5617/
Fred T. May come from his web site located at http://www.mayhouse.org
Dan Mohn came from his web site located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmohn/
Caryol Allen come from her genealogical research residing on the RootsWeb server.
Edith Gise come from her research into the Kissack family.
Susan Johanson come from The Johanson-Clark-Metcalf-Beach Family Page.
Jeff Snavely come from Jeff's Genealogy Home Page.
Tobin Zerba come from Tobin Zerba's Family Tree.
Doug Conley come from Conley Corner.
Jerry Conley come from Jerry Conley's Genealogy Site.
Charles Rice come from On Arkansas Creek and across the hill to Prater Creek
Al Weeks come from his Auxier genealogy
Jackie Little come from Descendants of Isaac Little
Rene Singleton come from R. Tyson's Ancestors
William V. Hopkins, Jr. come from Shaw - Newcomer - Shutt - Hopkins
Candalee Swayze come from Candalee's Pages
Patricia May Brashear come from http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/2940/bates.html
Robert Perry come from his books and essays at The Samuel May House Archive
Pioneer Families Kozee came from Pioneer Families of Eastern and Southeastern Kentucky by William C. Kozee
Halls of Muddy Creek came from a two volume set of books by Carmel L. Akers called The Halls of Muddy Creek
                                                                        published by Mud Creek Heritage Publishers at Grethel, KY in 1987

Builders of Destiny

by Jesse Stuart

They lie, our pioneers, where highways run.
They lie where railroads go and cities stand.
Their brittle bones have been exposed to sun
And wind. Their bones are restless in this land.
What does it matter if their bones do lie
Beneath the turning wheels where millions pass,
Builders and dreamers born to live and die
Like white plum petals on the April grass?
What does it matter if their bones turn stone,
Their flesh be richer dust our plowshares turn,
Builders who made America our own,
Whose blood has fed the roots of grass and fern?
Dreamers and builders of our destiny,
They left their epitaph for all to read;
A land of dream and wealth and energy,
A land where freedom is the greatest greed.

notes to myself:

Floyd County Genealogical Society Membership Application
ahtenafel doc file
Georgia death form
Michigan birth
Kentucky birth
Georgia birth

pedigree chart and other DAR forms